So anyway, I live in Berkeley, CA, near San Francisco, and I'm a junior (11th grade, and getting closer every day to senior year *YAY!*) at Berkeley High.. School is, like, my least favorite place to be in the whole wide world.. I just don't understand why i'm sitting in math, learning how to find x-6x+2 divided by x-1 (i'm in algebra this year, for any of you wondering), when i can't think of one time that i'll have to use that skill later in life.. if anyone can give me one good (and i mean DAMN good!!) reason i actually should be learning this crap, please enlighten me.. anyway, my point is, i just don't enjoy high school.. i have a feeling college will be better, when i can actually take classes that will HELP me in life, but i have a ways to go..
Okay, so now i just KNOW you're all wondering what i want to do, since i'm complaining about not getting what i need in high school to DO it.. well, i want to be *drumroll* a marine biologist.. well, okay, not quite.. for the longest time, when i was little, all i thought a marine biologist was was someone who got to work with cute, fuzzy otters.. okay, so i was a dense kid *grins*.. but two summers ago, i went to a workshop at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, about different careers in the field of marine biology and i narrowed my future career down to two choices: marine mammal trainer (then all i do really IS work with cute, fuzzy otters *l*) or underwater photography.. i suspect it'll be the latter.. i've always had an interest in both marine biology and photograhy, so it would be perfect =).. either that or i want to be a stripper *smiles sweetly* (J/K) *grins*
Alright, now on to what i look like *ignores the screams of horror**hehe*: I'm 5'7", although that's give or take half an inch.. i swear, i think i'm shrinking, and it's kind of disturbing.. i'm not skinny, but not fat (not by my standards anyway.. can't talk for those of you who have a thing for anorexic supermodels).. anyways, I have green eyes, my very bestest feature, and brown hair, which is now only showing at my roots (the rest of it is copper).. and it's about two inches below my shoulders, though i want to get it cut soon.. hmmm..oh, and my nose is pierced.. it's just a stud, but it's pretty i really like it.. I want to get my tongue pierced, but that have to wait until I'm 18, since it's the one thing my mom won't let me pierce.. she doesn't like the idea of piercing a muscle (can't say i disagree, but you only get to be young and stupid once, right? *L*).. and i'm getting a tattoo the second i get a free chance (an ankh over my right breast, and later barbed wire around my ankle and a shark on my lower back).. ummm..i'd describe my style, but i don't really have a specific one.. just whatever's comfortable (usually cargo pants and one of my billions of concert t-shirts), and whatever fits the situation (e.g. i went goth to a recent marilyn manson concert, just for fun).. Well, this description isn't very good, but i don't have a scanner at the moment, and, because of that little problem i can't get a picture on here yet.. not that i have one to put on here even if i DID have a scanner, but.... *shrugs*.. but, i WILL get a pic on here ASAP, promise *s*.. if for no other reason than to get you lazy people to visit again and sign my guestbook *laughs*
I LOVE movies and video games! I am SO obsessive, it's not even funny! Some of my faves are: Austin Powers; The Crow; The Wedding Singer; all of Kevin Smith's "New Jersey trilogy", but especially Chasing Amy; A Clockwork Orange (RIP Stanley Kubrick); The Evil Dead trilogy; Ever After; The Full Monty and lots more.. I won't take up all your time listing them =).. But, i can assure you, i'm so obsessive that i think i know every single movie out there at any given time.. And video games are a new obsession for me (if you consider 6 months new.. i haven't updated in ages).. I have a Playstation (my favorite.. it has the best games), a SNES, and I'm borrowing a N64 right now to play Zelda.. it's so awesome! everyone should play it.. I love RPGs (Final Fantasy 7), and action/horror (Resident Evil, Silent Hill).. and, though i'm not a huge fan of action games, i LOVE the Tomb Raider series (2 was the best.. don't fight with me *g*).
I also love music, and now that i have a car, i listen to the radio a lot when i drive.. and, having a job (I work at Longs Drugs) helps too, since i can finally afford to go to concerts.. some of my fave singers/bands are (so i don't have to sit here thinking about this, [there's another thing about me.. i'm lazy! *L*] i'm just putting down the bands in my CD case right now, since for the first time in i-don't-know-how-long, i like everything in there.. oh, and it's in alphabetical order, not by favorites): Tori Amos, The Eels (only their latest), Eve6, Garbage, Green Day, Lauren Hill (random, i know, but i love her), Korn (probably my favorite right now), Marilyn Manson, NIN, The Offspring, Prodigy, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Third Eye Blind, Tool, White Zombie, and Rob Zombie.. The CDs in my stereo right now are Manson, Korn and Rob Zombie (Since I just went to the Manson/Hole show and I'm going to Korn/Zombie on April 13th).. I also love trying out totally obscure bands that i've never heard of, so if anyone has a band for me to check out, lemme know!
For those of you that have known me for awhile, you know I went through a witchcraft phase.. Well, I'm back into that stuff, but I'm bringing much more maturity to it this time.. And no, I'm not into Wicca (the religion of witchcraft, basically), for those of you who know about this stuff.. I'm interested in the bond it creates with nature and because it has more power behind it than most people know.. I don't pretend to be an expert, nor do I expect to be one anytime soon.. For now, I'm just experimenting and with pretty amazing results.. If any of you random people who stumble upon this page know anything about witchcraft, please write me (blairs2@pacbell.net, or click on the address on the bottom of this page).. I'm always interested to learn more, especially since it's all fairly new to me.
Oh, i can't believe i almost forgot one of the most important things in my life!! MY FRIENDS!!! I'm one of those people who just can't live without my friends, they're the most important thing in my life.. I don't think i could live without them.. I actually don't have tons of friends, but i'm happy just to have the few wonderful friends that i DO have.. They mean everything to me.. I really can't comprehend how some people can live without friends, because i know i'd just go crazy with no one to talk to and no one who really understands me.. Friends are impossible to live without and mine are completely priceless.. I can't list all of them here, but click here to read my tribute to the most important people in my life.. I love all of you! =)
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**The idea for the "Top Ten reasons to live" list came from my friend Jeff
.. Okay, so i blatantly and obviously stole his idea.. But, hey, he's okay with it *g*.. Thanks Jeff! =)